Ivan Motorin

Ivan Motorin (1660-19 August 1735) was a Russian bellmaker.

Biography
Motorin's family were Russian bellmakers, but after the shock defeat of the Battle of Narva in 1701 for the Russian Empire, Peter the Great ordered that Motorin use his factory to produce cannon. By February 1702 he made 112 copper cannons, turning the tide of the Great Northern War. Although his factory burnt down in 1712, it was rebuilt only two years later, and he continued working. His masterpiece was the huge Tsar Bell now displayed in the Moscow Kremlin.